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Some analogies for the dislocations movement are mathematically developed.
Our approach is based on the conservation energy principle and in the Newto
n second law as well as the usual way to introduce such concepts. The use o
f well choosed analogies allows to obtain sound relationships between new c
oncepts and concepts previously understood by the students.